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From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles () skynet be>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 01:00:47 +0200


At 9:59 PM +0000 2002/08/27, Paul Vixie wrote:

 My point is that I think we really need to start focusing on solutions
 which aren't primarily or solely technical.

 the folks at http://spam.abuse.net/ and http://www.cauce.org/ and even
 http://www.spamcon.org/ would be alarmed to hear you say that they've
 been focused on purely technical solutions all these years.

Yup. Ever since these organizations were created, I've been saying that they're focusing on the wrong aspect of the wrong problem. I've known Ray Everrett Church for years, and he and I have had this discussion multiple times before. Sadly, it doesn't seem to have had any impact.

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